Improvement in music-supports



A. 'MARS-H. MUSIC-SUPPORTS.

No. 194,698. Patentedug.. 28,1877.

` .WITNESSESz LFETERS PHOTO-LITHDGRAPHER, WASHINGTON. D. C.

UNITED `STATES- PATENT OFFICE.

ELoN A. MARSH, oF BATTLE CREEK,MICHIGAMASSIGNOR 0R ONE-HALE His RIGHT ToBRUNO A. RmssRR, oF SAME PLACE. f

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Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 194,698',,dated` August28,1 1 877 application tiledV Aprilae, 1877.; y y. Y Y I y To all whomit may concern:

Be it known that I, ELoN A. MARSH, of Battle Creek, in the county ofCalhoun and State of Michigan, have invented a new and ImprovedCombinedMusic-Stand and Gane; and 1 do hereby declare that the followingis a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being hadto the accompanying drawing, forming part of this specification, inwhich- Figure 1 is an elevation of the device when arranged as amusic-stand. Fig'. 2is a sectlonal view, showing the manner of foldingand adjusting the supporting-legs. Fig. 3 is a detail View, illustratingthe manner of fastenlng the rack to the standard. Fig. 4 are `ietails,illustrating the construction of the rck. Fig. 5 is a detail of the knoband screwp ug.

Similar letters of reference in the different figures indicatecorresponding parts.

The object of my invention is to so construct a walking-cane that it maybe readily and quickly adjusted to form a convenient and substantialmusic-stand, and vice versa.

The improvements consist in the construction and arrangement of thesupporting-legs with respect to a screw-plug, and the hollow tubular endof the cane, forming a containingcase, the construction of the rack forholding the music, and the means for securing the rack to the standard,as hereinafter more fully described.

In the drawing, A represents the standard of the music-stand or the bodyof the cane, the butt or larger end of which is made hollow, andprovided with a metallic tubular case, B, Fig. 2, which is made ofsufficient length to contain all of the movable parts of the device thatare necessary to the construction oi' the music-stand. The outer endofthe said tube is screw-threaded upon the inside,

and into the same iits a screw-plug, E, at-v tached to a knob, G. Saidscrew-plug is provided, upon its periphery, with three or morelongitudinal grooves, e, in which,are 4pivoted the folding legs D, so asto occupy either a longitudinal position in said grooves below thethreads, whenthe device is to be used as a cane, as shown in dottedlines in Fig. 2, or

be turned4 entirely back past a right-angular position when disposed assupports for a musicstand.

When the device is to be used as a cane, and the legs Dt are foldedinside of the case B, as shown in dotted lines, the knob O, with itsscrew-plug, is screwed up untila beveled face, a, rests against acorresponding bevel upon a collar, F, on the end of the case B, in whichposition the knob forms the'head oi' the cane and a stopper to thehollow case, to hold the several movable parts of the device in thesame.

When the device is to be used as a musicstand the knob and screw-plug isscrewed entirely out, the legs deflected or thrown back past therightangnlar position, as shown by the curved dotted lines, thescrew-plug readjusted to its thread in the case, and screwed up untilthe legs D are clamped between the beveled face a of the knob and thecorresponding bevel upon the collar F,in which position they form a iirmsupport for the cane-body, which then becomes the standard of themusic-stand.

Mis the rack for holding the music. rlhis consists of a bar, G, havingarms h pivoted to the same atk, to form the back of the rack, andauxiliary armslLpivoted at m to the bottomsof arms h, to form thebase-support for the music. 'The arms h are, when disposed for use, atright angles to bar G, and the arms lat right angles to arms h; but whenfolded on their pivots said arms l arerst moved into a parallel positionwith arm h, as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 4, and the arms h, togetherwith l, are then together folded intoaJ parallel position with the barG, as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 1, in which compact form the rack'isadapted to be inserted into the tubular case B when the device is usedas a cane.` In locking the rack in its opened positionthe barG is formedwith a notch, n, Fig. 4, and the arms'l are extended past their pivotsm, so as to fold into said notch when the arms are opened, which has theeffect to lock all of the arms firmly in place against accidentaldisplacement. To attach the rack, as thus described, to the standard orcane-body, the latter is provided, at its small end, with an interiorlyscrew-threaded ferrule, H, and into the same is adjusted a I vention isfullled in a neat, simple, and sub stantial manner, the device beingadapted to form a music-stand, as in Fig. 1, or the parts to be allcontained within the case B, to form a cane having a finished head, C.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new is- 1. The knobC, having screw-plug E, with .grooves e, in combination with theinteriorly- 'threaded case B, and the legs D pivoted in said grooves,and adapted to occupy either a l longitudinal position therein or befolded back past a right-angular position, to be clamped by said knob,to form a support for the musicstand, substantially as described.

2. The rack M, consisting of bar G, having notches n, the arms h,pivoted to bar G, and the auxiliary arm l, pivoted to arms It, and eX-tended past their pivots, to engage With notches n, all combined asshown and described.

3. The screw-threaded hook L, combined with a music-rack, and with astandard having an interiorly-threaded ferrule, H, substantially as andfor the purpose described.

ELON A. MARSH.

Witnesses:

F. I. GRAY, J. W. ROBERTSON.

